coverage of the iowa caucus will continue. see you sunday morning. happening now, u.s.-led air strikes inseed yemen trigger a vow of retaliation by iran-backed militants. mass protests erupt in yemen and fears of a full scale regional war intensify. also this hour, a potential blizzard and bitter cold are disrupting the final push to the iowa caucuses. we re tracking the candidates and severe weather with only three days to go before the first presidential votes of 2024. welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer, you re in the situation room. let s get to our top story tonight. iran-backed houthi militants vowing to hit back after a u.s. led coalition struck their position faze yemen. the national what is president biden saying as the u.s. braces for retaliation? wolf, the president spoke briefly earlier today reiterating that the united states stand as poised to respond to any additional houthi action including missile an
closing in. candidates make their final pitches and sparks fly. donald trump has been throwing temper tantrums about me. donald trump is running for his issues. nikki haley is runner for her donor s issues. one week before iowa decides, do they have any hope. and an urgent warning. as we begin this election year, we must be clear. democracy is on the ballot. three years after the capitol attack, the president tries to reframe the race. as trump defends the rioters. nobody has been treated ever in history so badly as those people. plus deal or no deal? what we see here is absolute mayhem. some republicans threaten to shut down over the border. l i will not vote for the funding of the government. and new deetails on plans to impeach secretary mayorkas. inside politics starts now. good morning and welcome to inside politics sunday. i m manu raju. it is almost time for iowans to have their say at who should be president. in just eight days iowa repu
to a very special edition of outfront. the breaking news, chris christie drops out. the bombshell coming just two hours before cnn s gop debate, the last debate before the first votes of the 2024 election. i m erin burnett in new york, and welcome the our viewers here and around the world. and i m anderson cooper in des moines, iowa. behind me, the stage is set for the debate tonight between nikki haley and ron desantis. and christie s surprise announcement just raised the stakes here in a big way. here is chris christie in his own words. it s clear to me tonight that there isn t a path for me to win the nomination. which is why i m suspending my campaign tonight for president of the united states. the question, of course, who will christie endorse. conventional wisdom says nikki haley. but christie was caught on a hot mic right before his announcement saying this about haley. she s going to get smoked. and you and i both know it. she is not up to this. well, obvi
today on inside politics, democracies on the line. that s president biden s message as he kicks off his 2024 campaign using the third anniversary of the capitol insurrection to warn what s at stake if donald trump wins another term. plus blasting the front runner. ron desantis escalated his attacks with just days left to close the huge gap with the the former president. and don t sit back. the former president needs his sportupporters to show up to wie dominating victory he says he s expecting. it s why he s headed back to iowa today to try to get out the vote. i m dana bash. let s go behind the headlines and inside politics. f f flz. we start near valley forge, pennsylvania, where the george washington troops were there for a long time as he was leading during the revolutionary war. today it is where joe biden will make his rereelection pitch that donald trump poses an existential threat to u.s. democracy. arlette saenz is there. what are you hearing from your sour
we re seeing from donald trump. she s calling him a liar and slamming him for avoiding the debate. as a two-person race with the former president. plus down by the border, mike johnson and dozens of house republicans are taking their immigration fight directly to the spot where thousands of migrants vab arriving every day. they are blaming president biden for the surge. now they are also opening impeachment proceedings against his homeland security secretary. and hitting the trail. president biden will use the insurrection anniversary this weekend to kick off his 2024 campaign push. leaning in on his argument that the former president is a danger to democracy. i m dana bash. let s go behind the headlines and inside politics. first up, the 2024 race. you are looking at live pictures of kingston, new hampshire, where nikki haley is about to speak. just 12 day ss to go before the votes are cast in iowa and gop candidates are in earlien contest states pushing for every last